Altenew August 2017 Release Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway

Today I’m taking a look at the new Altenew August release. This post is part of a blog hop (more details below) to celebrate the latest release. The new release is available now at both Altenew and Simon Says Stamp. There’s more information on the blog hop below, but for now, let’s take a look at what’s in the new release. Compensated affiliate links used.

The pouches are made of a thick, sturdy material and I particularly like that they have a zip closure so nothing falls out. I’m storing my stamps and matching dies in the same pouch and I really appreciate how neat, tidy and secure they are.

I’m often drawn to leaves over flowers and the Striped Leaf Cover Die has a gorgeous repeating pattern of leaves. I loosely watercoloured a panel of watercolour card in a green/blue/yellow colour way (see supplies list below for specific paints) and splattered with Finetec gold paint.

I then placed the Striped Leaf die over the watercoloured panel and ran it through my die cutting matching. I also ran the die through my die cutter with a scrap piece of card which I taped to the front of an Ivory card base and then used this as a template to piece the watercoloured leaves in place with foam adhesive.

I die cut the thanks from the Script Words 2 dies from DCWV glitter card and foam mounted over the leaves.

BLOG HOP

As mentioned above this post is part of a blog hop to celebrate the latest Altenew release. Hopefully, you’ve arrived here from Altenew’s Scrapbook blog and that’s a good place to start if you didn’t arrive here from there. As with any good hop, there are prizes!

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, August 31st at 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Scrapbook Blog on Saturday, September 2nd.

In addition, I have a $30 gift certificate to giveaway from comments left on this post by August 30th at 11:59 pm EDT and I will announce the winner on August 31st.

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or shop icon to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I truly appreciate your support.